The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 609
differs from thecat-rig in having a jib in additionto a mainsail. The mast is set alittle farther aft, to make room fora bowsprit, a spar projecting fromthe bow, with a rope called a stayextending from its end to the top ofthe mast. On this stay the jib, whichis fitted with rings on one edge,… … Yawl. loon-jib, is used. The jibs are also | end of the bowsprit and projectscalled headsails. Sometimes a spar , beyond it, when many headsails arecalled a jibboom is fastened to the | carried. In addition to the main- SAILING 6oi Sailing sail, sloops often carry above it atopsail, called, from…
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